Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-26
THE GORGE STILL INTACT.
And the Flood Threatens Mandan-
Foolhardy Expedition-Pointers
From all Points, Etc.
-speial to TIE M1NEK.-
ThE MANDAN o
P~srttculars Of IA Extent-Another GorR'
"A PerfSus Trips Etc:

Particulars Of ID Extent-Another Gorge
"A PerhSus Trip; Etc:
MlNDAN, OAK, March 22.-At this place
on Sunday morning the water began to
rise slowly, consequent upon the blizzard
OF the night before. inthe course OF which
nearly hall a foot OF snow fell. The rise
did not cohtinde very ling, and the water
has since then feceded fourteen inches. The
gorge remains intact, except that hourly it
becomes more firmly PACKED, and assumes
a greater air of %desolation, az ice foes and
float continually sweep down upon it, in
~creasing it's dimensions. Today it is cov-
cred with a heavy sheet of SLOW. removing
what little picturesque gedness there
was in it's appearance. and le.ving only a
great white dam stretching from
bluff to bluff, miles across
the lake that has ceased
to be a river. The gorge is five niles long,
extending from half a mile below tle North.
ern Pacific bridge. It shows not tn slight
est signs OF breaking. There is
ANOTHER GORGE
twenty-five miles up the river at Raymond.
It is thirty feet high and several niles
long and shows no signs OF breaking. The
Heart river has not yet broken up, 1nd
while the present cool weather continue it
is not likely to break. This is d fortunate
circumstance, as; should the ice 60 GU, of
the stream, it would greatly add to he
water now flooding a large portion of he
town. There is no suffering in this city.
Mayor Rice has appointed a relief comuit-
tee to look after those who have ben
driven out of their homes on the lover
flats, and the committee is doing god
work. The grocery stores are well STOCKED
and there is an abundance of hel
available. The Northern Pacific has plenty
of coal here and will be able to KEEP
trains moving on this side OF the river. So
far as heard, there has been no loss Of life
from the floods. Twenty-Five head of at-
tie belonging to q settler were known to
have been drowned on Saturday, and ills
supposed that settlers on the low groun,
up and down ON both sides of the riv.r,
have lost their stock and all their effe ts
in hastily abandoning their homes to SEX
on the higher ground. The persons
seen ON Saturday from Fort Lincoln on tip |
Of haystacks and buildings have been RS
cued by the boats sent out to relie5s
them.
~tENrCREsOME TRIP.
This morning Editor Tuttle, of the MAJ.
Ian Pioneer: Editor Marney, of the Mills
City Stock Growers Journal, and ax
others managed to cross the river on the
broken ice. The leader of the party had a |
/ rope tied about his body, to which
The Others chung, and when he
into the water which he did several
lines, he was quickly pulled out: When
The gorge will break, Or how much higher
he water will rise are matters for connect
ire. The situation may become still worse
,efore it is better or it may be that the
worst is over.
It has been arranged to in the
morning the transfer OF express, mail and
passengers by steam tug and barges. 1t is
lot yet known how much of the track and
restle work leading to the iron bridge has
'een washed out and the extent of thedam.
Sc cannot be leatned until the water sub
ides. Several bents OF pile work and three
niles of telegraph poles are known to have
cen washed away. It will be q week at
EAST before trains pass or Geographic COM
can be resumed.